8 November 2018, 09:30 - 10:30

Problems are everywhere, how do you constantly seek out problems to solve that may be the foundation for a scalable business? We'll discuss how to constantly be searching for problems to solve, ways to prioritize your efforts and making the ask for the first sales or customer interactions.

Our Speaker: Daniel Johnsen, Startup Coach, Mentor & Advisor

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Daniel is an entrepreneur most recently from Louisville, Kentucky, USA where he commercialized a drink dispensing kiosk for gyms for healthy, nutritional on-demand pre/post workout drinks. He is currently focused on improving the patient experience for the discharge process using timed email campaigns visiting medical professionals requiring follow-up care and individualized instructions.

Daniel recently completed a move to Central Western Queensland, Australia to be the region's Entrepreneur In Residence in 2017, concluding in May 2018. While working to secure a second placement, Daniel is traveling around Asia meeting with entrepreneurs, leading a preaccelerator program under the Techstars umbrella and exploring startup ecosystems.

Daniel is a highly requested facilitator for Startup Weekends around the globe, having participated or facilitated in over 50 events to over 3,000 participants. Daniel shares unique approaches to getting customers early and building first versions of products to test business models quickly.

He has helped individuals through ideation, problem identification, business models, marketing, founding team creation, first iterations of products/services and fundraising. On the fundraising circuit, Daniel led an oversubscribed investment round netting a startup $1M in funding commitments in 48 hours. Daniel holds an MBA with a focus in Entrepreneurship.

Participation fee is 50 lei.

! Note: The presentation will be in English.

Shared Breakfast is a regular morning coffee event for tech community every Thursday at Tekwill Cafe.

The event has the goal of helping the community to discover new opportunities, share experience and making connections by sharing breakfast. Based on the needs and expressed interested from the community we started inviting guest speakers that would cover relevant subjects in different tech field with significant knowledge to help the community achieve valuable experience.